Obama did not lay out any plans for negotiations. There was a lot of rhetoric but no plan for action. Nothing is going to happen.
I am in a dilemma writing here in that I am at present not partial to Obama and I am also especially not partial to any of the GOP candidates.
Having said that, we are simply watching politics. Politics and politicking has nothing to do with policy and actions. Politicking is about gathering voters for support and pealing away voters from the opponent. The main weapon for doing that especially in recent elections is fear mongering and as we know the GOP is very well versed in fear mongering.
In this light, the GOP reaction to Obama's comments on Israel and Palestine amount to nothing more than fear mongering. They are working to create an identity facade that is distinct from Obama. It is purely a facade. Now the ridiculous irony here is that there would be no distinction between the actual policy and actions that occur with Obama or the GOP candidate if that person were to win the presidency. US policy favors Israel exclusively.
CS Monitor: What's really behind harsh GOP responses to Obama's Middle East speech
Most of them (GOP presidential candidates) have little first-hand experience in foreign affairs...
...and so the Republicans will seize any opportunity to try to drive a wedge between Obama and Jewish voters.
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I think that Obama should say what Robert Fisk said, There will be no two-state solution, there are no longer two territories. The West Bank is swiss cheese. Israel's illegal settlement program has made a peace agreement impossible by dividing the West Bank up into little Bantustans. A "contiguous" Palestine is not possible anymore.
Israel will never give back all the systematic illegal incursions, violations of the Palestinian territory, so there will be no two-state solution. It is pie-in-the-sky dreaming to think so. And I think Obama should say that.
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